title: Whole-Body (18) FDG-PET in an Arthritis Paraneoplastic Syndrome Revealed an Underlying Hematological Neoplasm.
abstract: We showed the first image of (18)FDG-PET, which leads to a diagnosis of lymphoma in an atypical polyarthritis. About 4% of patients with lymphoma or leukemia suffered from rheumatologic paraneoplastic symptoms like arthralgia and about 10% of the patients with rheumatologic or neurologic clinical symptoms develop a solid cancer or hematological neoplasm. (18)FDG-PET is an interesting exam to identify an underlying malignancy when a paraneoplastic syndrome is suspected; it can detect the primitive lesion and/or the metastasis lesions. The use of the (18)FDG-PET can help to detect earlier hematological neoplasm in cases of paraneoplastic syndrome without a determined cause and to treat more rapidly and specifically the patient.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Nucléaire, AP-HM, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Hôpital La Timone, Aix-Marseille University, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cammilleri
authors.forename: Marie Caroline
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Guzian
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mattei
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Mundler
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guis